Noryangjin Fish Market

 

  Last weekend my friends and I took a thirty minute subway ride to the Noryangjin fish market, the largest fish market in Seoul. The market was in a large warehouse like building. We walked around, and eventually bought a filet of salmon, unsure of what to do with it. The guy asked (in Korean) "for home or restaurant?" We said restaurant (shik-dong) and handed to filet off to another woman. She took us to a back alley outside the market, went into a restaurant and sat down with our food. They brought us sauces and chopsticks, and we ate some very fresh salmon.

  The main event in terms of Korean seafood is the moving octopus. We went back to the market to find this. We eventually bought a small octopus (along with a blue crab). We were again lead down an alley to a different restaurant. A few moments after we sat down a small plate with moving octopus tentacles was brought out!  We all eventually tried it, I only managed one small tentacle (I don't even like dead seafood). Watch the video to see more!  It has to be seen to be fully understood. Enjoy!

-Glenn